Blog 12

In “Happy Meal” Michael Pollan gives us some suggestions for eating better and healthier. I completely agree with all of the recommendations because the health is most important thing for people. We have to learn to find a proper way to stay always healthy. In addition, we have to teach our children to obtain right behavior for their healthy style of life.

I can totally do-able some ideas that Pollan advice such as “avoid food products containing ingredients that are unfamiliar”, “incapable of rotting”, “avoid food products that make health claims”, “eat mostly plants…”, and “cook…” All of these are what I have to do every time. I don’t buy the products that I don’t know including the food that consist unknown ingredients. These are preservative food, the juices that contain additives and flavorings, food with color additives and food like Twinkies. All of these products make me to be sick, fat, and suffering. So, why I have to pay money for harmful food? Well-known philosopher, Omar Khayyam wrote “Better be hungry than eat whatever food…” Nowadays, we have a lot of chemical products so; we must carefully when we choose food. According the example that gives Pollan about margarine, he is right because in these later days, the margarine contain the palm oil that makes it to be harmful. However, if the margarine without the palm oil, how did a few years ago, it’s helpful for our body. Most of the useful products are plants; therefore, we can substitute all harmful food on plants that of course can’t hurt our health. In addition, better Pollan’s suggest is cooking because when we cook ourselves we exactly know that we don’t add any harmful things like additives, or any chemical things. Therefore, I prefer to eat only home prepared meal.

I may be able to follow another idea like “pay more, and eat less.” If I haven’t bought any harmful food, why I can’t buy the organic food on saved money? For me, I always follow Omar Khayyam’s suggest; I don’t assay any difficulties to be hungry, so, I will eat less, but expensive food.

Last, I can’t follow Pollan’s idea like “don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food.” Of course, our great-grandparents used to eat natural food because at that time, they didn’t have additives, flavorings, preservatives, and any chemical things. However, nowadays, almost all of this food disappeared. For example, our ancestors liked to eat a honey. A honey is helpful and healthful product. Our ancestors used it to treat many diseases like gastritis, headache, sclerosis, and so on. But, these days, honey doesn’t have those qualities that were before. The reason is scientific and technological progress. Unfortunately, it regards any other food, too.

In conclusion, I want say that everybody must to think about our and our generation health, and decide what we have to consider happy meals.